Year
|
State
|
Event
|
301
|
San Marino
|
Independence from the Roman Empire.
|
1062
|
Ghana
|
|
1128
|
Portugal
|
Battle of São Mamede.
|
1238
|
Thailand
|
|
1270
|
Ethiopia
|
Empire established.
|
1278
|
Andorra
|
Independence from Aragon.
|
1291
|
Switzerland
|
Traditional date of foundation.
|
1297
|
Monaco
|
|
1370
|
Bornu
|
|
1397
|
Sweden
|
|
1479
|
Spain
|
Castile-Aragon unification.
|
1600
|
Dahomey
|
|
1648
|
Netherlands
|
|
1712
|
West Persia
|
Formed with the split of the Second Sassanid Empire.
|
1713
|
Mauretania
|
Independence from Spain.
|
1768
|
Nepal
|
|
1776
|
United States
|
Recognized as an independent state after its victory in the American Revolution, the independence war against England.
|
1790
|
Mystras Australis
|
Independence from the Byzantine Empire.
|
1792
|
Haiti
|
Independence from the French Empire.
|
1804
|
Sokoto
|
|
1805
|
Rhomania
|
End of the Varangian Rebellion.
|
1810
|
Mexico
|
Independence from Spain.
|
1811
|
Paraguay
|
1814
|
Elba
|
Treaty of Fontainebleau. Independence from the French Empire.
|
1816
|
Argentina
|
Independence from Spain.
|
1818
|
Chile
|
1820
|
Colombia
|
1821
|
Peru
|
Central America
|
1822
|
Brazil
|
Recognized as an independent state after its victory in the independence war against Portugal.
|
1825
|
Bolivia
|
Independence from Spain.
|
1830
|
Belgium
|
Independence from the Netherlands.
|
Ecuador
|
Independence from Gran Colombia.
|
Venezuela
|
1842
|
Hong Kong
|
|
1861
|
Italy
|
Italian unification.
|
Confederate States
|
Seceded from the United States and was recognized as an independent state after its victory in the War for Southern Independence.
|
1865
|
Van Diemen's Land
|
Independence from the Netherlands.
|
1866
|
Liechtenstein
|
Separated from the German Confederation.
|
1867
|
Danubia
|
Austro-Hungarian Compromise.
|
Canada
|
Canadian Confederation.
|
Johannia
|
|
Luxembourg
|
Treaty of London.
|
1868
|
Japan
|
Meiji Restoration.
|
1871
|
Germany
|
German unification.
|
Fiji
|
Kingdom established.
|
1882
|
Egypt
|
Modern states of Syria and Egypt founded after the liberation from the Empire of West Persia by Britain after the Perso-British War.
|
Syria Palaestina
|
1885
|
Bhutan
|
|
1889
|
Aṉangu
|
|
Bangui
|
|
1890
|
New Holland
|
|
1897
|
Korea
|
Elevation of the Joseon dynasty into the Korean Empire.
|
Melanesia
|
|
1898
|
Las Bahías
|
Independence from Spain.
|
Philippines
|
1907
|
New Zealand
|
Dominion of New Zealand established.
|
1910
|
Sophiahafen
|
|
Swania
|
|
1911
|
Mongolia
|
Mongolian Revolution. Independence from the Qing dynasty.
|
1918
|
Iceland
|
Independence from Denmark.
|
Jamesland
|
|
1920
|
Montenegro
|
|
1924
|
France
|
Fourth French Republic formed.
|
1925
|
Boer Republic
|
Self-governing dominion from Netherlands
|
1926
|
Quebec
|
Seceded from Canada after the Anglo-American War.
|
Hawaii
|
Republic formed during the Anglo-American War.
|
Caribbean Federation
|
Independence during the Anglo-American War.
|
1928
|
Arabia
|
|
1929
|
Rome
|
Lateran Treaty.
|
Namibia
|
Independence from South Africa.
|
1943
|
Bosnia
|
Independence from Danubia.
|
1948
|
Myanmar
|
|
1949
|
Cyrenaica
|
|
1950
|
China
|
Beginning of the Chang dynasty and fall of the previous Xian dynasty. Manchuria and Tibet recognized as independent nations.
|
Manchuria
|
Tibet
|
1953
|
Laos
|
|
Cambodia
|
|
1955
|
Tuareg Confederation
|
|
1956
|
Jamaica
|
Socialist uprising and war of independence.
|
1957
|
Malaysia
|
|
1958
|
Guinean Confederation
|
|
1960
|
Biafra
|
|
Cameroon
|
Independence from France.
|
Carthage
|
|
Congo
|
Independence from Belgium.
|
French Equator
|
Independence from France.
|
Kanem
|
Madagascar
|
1961
|
Tanzania
|
|
1962
|
Rwanda
|
Independence from Germany.
|
Uganda
|
Independence from the United Kingdom.
|
1964
|
Nyasaland
|
Zambia
|
Mutapa
|
1965
|
Singapore
|
Zimbabwe
|
1966
|
Guyana
|
1968
|
Mbini
|
Independence from Spain.
|
Mauritius
|
Independence from the United Kingdom.
|
1970
|
Tonga
|
1971
|
Micronesia
|
Independence from Germany.
|
1973
|
Bahamas
|
Independence from the United Kingdom.
|
Vietnam
|
Became recognized worldwide after its victory in the Vietnam War.
|
1974
|
Denmark
|
|
1975
|
Bulgaria
|
Socialist regimes abolished.
|
Poland
|
Serbia
|
Vlachia
|
East Persia
|
Suriname
|
Achieved peaceful independence from the Netherlands.
|
Melanesia
|
|
Comoros
|
Independence from France.
|
Uyghuristan
|
|
Mozambique
|
Independence from Portugal.
|
Tuvalu
|
Independence from the United Kingdom.
|
Wolof Confederation
|
Independence from Spain.
|
1976
|
Seychelles
|
Independence from the United Kingdom.
|
Norway
|
|
1981
|
Belize
|
Independence from the United Kingdom.
|
1993
|
Russia
|
Seceded from the Soviet Union after its dissolution.
|
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Azerbaijan
|
Estland
|
Finland
|
Georgia
|
Chagatai
|
Latvia
|
Lithuania
|
Uzbekistan
|
1983
|
Djibouti
|
Abolition of the Adal Sultanate.
|
1988
|
Maldives
|
Current Constitution.
|
1999
|
Macau
|
Independence from Portugal.
|
2005
|
Somalia
|
Reunification and Confederation.
|
2006
|
Ceylon
|
Secession from the Tanmil Union
|
2014
|
Scotland
|
Seceded from the United Kingdom through a referendum.
|
2021
|
Kenya
|
End of the Kenyan Civil War.
|
2022
|
Botswana
|
Established after the Great African War.
|
Angola
|
2023
|
India
|
Unification of the Indian Union
|